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Topic: Putting old comb in new frames (Read 717 times)

I'm doing away with my deep equipment. I have deep frames that are full of pollen and honey. I basically want to be able to feed this back to my colonies. All these frames are wired with vertical as well as horizontally. My plan is to cut the wires and split the comb into two equal sections. I've never done this but I understand that you can pass current through the wire heating it up enough to melt the wax into it.Am I overcomplicating the process. Should I simply put a couple wraps of wire around it and call it good?

I’m a bit confused what you were planning to do with current? Were you thinking of setting the old combs on the new medium frames and applying current to get them to ‘sink’ into the medium frames? That would be an interesting experiment, but way too much work.

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